Iroquois Dice Game

Submitted by NNATC

Six or eight dice are used, one side being marked the other side white or plain. You throw the dice on a blanket covered table. Forty beans are left in the center of the table from which winnings are drawn until gone, after which players pay the winners. Two to ten can play the game. If a player shoots and all dice show plain side up, he collects ten beans, if all marked show, he collects twenty beans. If one dice shows plain he collects four beans, if one shows marked, he collects four beans. Players share paying the winner when the pile of beans is all gone and players are eliminated as they run out of beans. When a player gets his turn to play, he shoots just once, if he scores he gets another turn to score, etc. until he does not score, then the turn to shoot goes to the next player. Turns go clockwise and the one holding the dice usually starts shooting.